Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit, comprising: a base shaft, a housing surrounding the base shaft, which is pivotable around a longitudinal axis of the base shaft in an adjustment range, wherein the housing is provided with a housing ring, and a drive ring surrounding the base shaft. The drive ring is provided with a cam which can cooperate with the housing ring so as, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the drive ring in a pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the housing via the housing ring from a high housing position along the base shaft downwards into a low housing position, and upon pivoting of the drive ring relative to the housing in an opposite pivoting direction around the base shaft, to move the drive ring along the base shaft upwards from a low drive ring position into a high drive ring position.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a phase alignment system and method of oscillating mirror. The present invention utilizes the reciprocating scanning symmetry feature of the simple harmonic oscillation motion of the oscillating mirror to construct scanning pattern data with complementary pixel brightness and darkness. When the phase difference parameter applied by the scan controller is consistent with the actual phase of simple harmonic oscillation of the oscillating mirror, the scanning pattern data with complementary pixel brightness and darkness and the reciprocating motion of the oscillating mirror are accurately matched, and a perfect stitched continuous scanning line with uniform brightness is obtained on the projection plane, thereby achieving the effect of being clearly distinguishable, easy to detect, and convenient for alignment operation.

Abstract: A patient interface includes an eye interface device, a scanner, a first support assembly, and a beam source. The eye interface device is configured to interface with an eye of a patient. The scanner is configured to be coupled with the eye interface device and operable to scan an electromagnetic radiation beam in at least two dimensions in an eye interfaced with the eye interface device. The scanner and the eye interface device move in conjunction with movement of the eye. The first support assembly supports the scanner so as to accommodate relative movement between the scanner and the first support assembly parallel so as to accommodate movement of the eye. The beam source generates the electromagnetic radiation beam. The electromagnetic radiation beam propagates from the beam source to the scanner along an optical path having an optical path length that varies in response to movement of the eye.

Abstract: An actuator for driving a reflector includes a movement frame including a reflector configured to reflect or refract light to a lens and a first magnet, a first support frame configured to provide a space of the movement frame to move, a first drive coil configured to generate an electromagnetic force in the first magnet to rotationally move the movement frame in a first direction based on the first support frame, a first rotation guide between the movement frame and the first support frame and having an arc shape so that the movement frame rotates in the first direction, and a first ball inside the first rotation guide, in which a center of curvature of the first rotation guide corresponds to a center of rotation of the reflector.

Abstract: A mirror unit includes an optical scanning device, a frame member, and a window member. The frame member includes first and second wall portions facing each other in an X-axis direction. The first wall portion is higher than the second wall portion. The window member is disposed on a top surface of the first wall portion and a top surface of the second wall portion and is inclined with respect to a mirror surface of the optical scanning device. In a cross-section parallel to the X-axis direction, the first wall portion is separated from a first line passing through a first end at a side of the first wall portion in the mirror surface and a first corner portion formed at the side of the first wall portion by an outer surface opposite to the frame member and a first side surface in the window member.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a MEMS micro mirror with electrodes on both sides. The method includes: providing a first base, forming an electrode lead groove in the first base; forming an insulating groove, a plurality of lower comb plates and a moving space groove in a first device layer to obtain a bonded structure layer; providing a second base bonded with the bonded structure layer to obtain a bonded piece; forming a frame, upper comb plates, movable micro light reflector, and elastic beams in a second device layer, with the movable micro light reflector located inside the frame, and the elastic beam connected with the frame and/or the movable micro light reflector; forming a metal reflecting layer, a first upper comb plate electrode, a first lower comb plate electrode, a second upper comb plate electrode and a second lower comb plate electrode.

Abstract: Disclosed is a folding mechanism for an outside rearview mirror of a vehicle. In more detail, disclosed is an actuator mechanism of an outside rearview mirror for a vehicle. Here, the actuator mechanism includes a lower case including a shaft fixing region, a driving motor including a gear-shaft having one end engaged with the shaft fixing region and restricted in movement in a first axial direction and a body portion vibrating in the first axial direction, an actuator module; and an upper case including a first elastic support region and configured to cover the lower case. Here, the first elastic region elastically restricts vibration of the body portion in an axial direction.

Abstract: A vehicle door assembly comprises an inner door panel, an outer door panel and a mirror assembly. The outer panel is fixed to the inner door panel, the outer door panel having an mounting opening. The mirror assembly is supported to an outer perimeter of the mounting opening of the outer door panel. The mirror assembly has a base bracket and a dampener. The dampener is disposed between the base bracket and at least a portion of the outer perimeter mounting opening of the outer door panel such that the base bracket and the outer door panel are spaced with respect to each other by the dampener.

Abstract: A mounting element for a rearview assembly may comprise a mount capable of being removably attachable to a button and having a tapered channel in a first end; a pivot comprising a first end capable of supporting the rearview assembly and a pivot ball; a pivot cup disposed at least partially within the tapered channel of the mount, having fingers extending from a first end and an annular surface having an outer diameter at a second end, the pivot cup being operable to at least partially accept and to exert a pivot torque on the pivot ball; and a coil spring having a first end, a second end, and an outer diameter similar to the diameter of the annular surface of the pivot cup, the coil spring disposed within the mount, the first end of the coil spring pressing against the annular surface of the pivot cup.

Abstract: An automatic panning system and method adapted for a vehicle with an attached trailer. The automatic panning system comprises an image capturing means adapted to capture image data with a view of the trailer and the automatic panning system is adapted to analyze the image data to identify at least one elongated element of the trailer, project a vector in the image data based on said elongated element, establish at least one reference vector, and identify an interception point of the reference vector and said projected vector.

Abstract: An axial motor assembly is provided with fluidic electrostatic actuators mounted between an end plate and a wobble plate. A computer-implemented drive subsystem executes instructions to create voltage delivery patterns through a power supply to operate the actuators to create nutational motion in the wobble plate. A cam transfers the nutational motion into rotational motion and, in turn, into shaft power. The actuators can be linearly-contractile shelled electrostatic actuators, linearly expansive donut electrostatic actuators and multi-directionally expansive segmented donut electrostatic actuators. Drive method steps include initializing drive variables; determining, upon detecting a control command, a respective deformation target for each actuator; determining, based on the drive variables and the deformation targets, the voltage delivery pattern; and throttling the power supply to drive the actuators using the voltage delivery pattern.

Abstract: A rearview device for a vehicle, includes: a moveable mirror head assembly that includes an upper casing element, a lower casing element, and a bezel that carries a mirror glass; a base frame; a motor cradle connected to the upper and lower casing elements; and an actuator assembly attached to the base frame and configured to move the moveable mirror head assembly connected to the articulation assembly via the motor cradle. The actuator assembly is configured to adjust the moveable mirror head assembly inwardly or outwardly and upwardly or downwardly so that movement of the moveable mirror head assembly may be controlled using the actuator assembly to change a field of view in a drive position or to place the moveable mirror head assembly in a park position. The actuator assembly provides a range of angular motion of the moveable mirror head assembly that is greater in the inwardly or outwardly direction than in the upwardly or downwardly direction.

Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mirror mount that attaches at the interior surface of the vehicle. The mirror head includes an actuator having a body portion attached at a back plate at the rear of the reflective element and an adapter plate attached at the mirror mount and pivotable relative to the body portion. The actuator includes a pair of arcuate gear elements that attach at one end to the adapter plate and that are movably received at the body portion. The actuator includes a pair of motors operable to rotatably drive respective gears that engage the respective arcuate gear elements. When the gears are rotably driven, the gears impart pivotal movement of the body portion and mirror head in tandem relative to the mirror mount to adjust the mirror head relative to provide a rearward view for a driver of the vehicle.

Abstract: A door mirror structure comprises a door-mirror body portion, a mirror base having a tip-end portion fixed to the door-mirror body portion and a base-end portion provided away from the tip-end portion, a rotational support axis connected to the base-end portion and rotatably supporting the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between a mirror-use position and a mirror-storage position, and an electromotive rotational unit provided to rotate the door-mirror body portion and the mirror base between the mirror-use position and the mirror-storage position around an axis line of the rotational support axis. The electromotive rotational unit is provided at a side door. The rotational support axis is provided to be inclined such that an upper side thereof is located on a vehicle forward side.

Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit of a vehicle, comprising a base with a foot for attachment to the vehicle, and a frame for carrying the exterior vision unit. The frame is pivotably attached to the base between at least a drive position and a park position via a pair of mutually facing, cooperating cam patterns arranged on the base and the frame, respectively. Each of the two cam patterns comprises cams disposed circumferentially around the pivoting axis in a ring segment, such that cams of the patterns in the drive position engage each other in a rotation-locking manner, and in the pivoting range from and to the drive position adjust over each other. A first cam pattern is provided with a bridge connecting spaced cams in the circumferential direction. The spaced cams form a guiding track on which a guide cam of the second cam pattern is supported.

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror system includes an exterior rearview mirror assembly configured for attachment at a vehicle and an electrically-operable actuator. An exterior mirror head is movable relative to an exterior portion of the vehicle via operation of the actuator. The exterior mirror head accommodates an exterior mirror reflective element attached at an attachment plate. A heater pad is disposed between the exterior mirror reflective element and the attachment plate. An outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element is exposed to and is viewable by a driver of the vehicle and is contactable. The attachment plate includes wall structure that spans a perimeter circumferential edge of the exterior mirror reflective element. No part of the exterior mirror head encroaches onto the outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element. No part of the exterior mirror head overlaps the outermost side of the exterior mirror reflective element.

Abstract: A rear view mirror having one motor rotating the viewing angle of the mirror about the vertical axis and one motor rotating the viewing angle of the mirror about the horizontal axis, both motors working in unison to provide a multitude of viewing angles for the user, the motors controlled by user requests by way of manually adjusting a trackball or joystick type controller, creating a safer driving experience by removing the need to have one's hand between the users eyes and the mirror while driving.

Abstract: A vehicle door mirror includes a mirror housing formed from a housing main body having a mirror housing recess part having a mirror housed therein, and a plurality of cover members that cover the housing main body from a side opposite to an open direction of the mirror housing recess part, the cover members which are engaged with each other, being engaged with the housing main body, wherein a first restricting projection part projectingly provided on one cover member is formed shorter than a second restricting projection part projectingly provided on the other cover member and abutting against the housing main body, and is disposed so as to overlap the second restricting projection part in an up-and-down direction, and the second restricting projection part has formed thereon an abutment face, an extremity portion of the first restricting projection part being in the proximity of or abutting against the abutment face.

Abstract: An optical scanning device includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure includes a support, a driver, a first columnar body, a driving section, and a pair of beams. The support includes a support body and a flat section. The pair of beams connects the driver and the flat section. The driving section includes a coil, a pair of electrode pads, and a magnet. The second structure is provided with a reflector.

Abstract: Carrier arrangement (1) for an optical device (16) comprising a first carrier (2) and a second carrier (3), which are rotatable relative to each other about a first axis (8) that is defined by a first bearing means (7), wherein the first bearing means (7) is arranged between the first carrier (2) and the second carrier (3) and comprises at least one pin (9), preferably two pins, with a longitudinal axis (10), wherein the pin (9) is arranged such that its longitudinal axis (10) is essentially parallel to the first axis (8), wherein a first portion (17) of the pin (9) is attached to the first carrier (2) and a second portion (18) of the pin is moveably arranged in a notch (10) of the second carrier (3), or wherein the first portion (17) of the pin (8) is attached to the second carrier (3) and the second portion (18) of the pin (9) is moveably arranged in a notch (11) of the first carrier (2), the notch (11) comprising at least two support surfaces (30, 31) that are designed such that the second portion (18) of

Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems, and methods for a LiDAR mirror assembly mounted on a vehicle, such as an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. For example, a LiDAR mirror assembly may include a base plate mounted on a hood of a vehicle, where the base plate is coupled to one end of a support arm. The opposite end of the support arm is attached to a housing. The housing includes a top housing enclosure coupled to a bottom housing platform, where a sensor and a mirror is coupled to the housing, and where the sensor is at least partially exposed through an opening in the top housing enclosure. The opening for the sensor is situated near an end of the housing furthest away from the base plate.

Abstract: A system for securing a motor to a circuit board of a rearview assembly may comprise a display element having an orientation; a motor having at least two motor terminals; a motherboard having a connection header; and a motor connection printed circuit board defining at least two slots and having a body portion and an end portion. Traces may extend from the at least two slots to the end portion of the motor connection printed circuit board. Each of the at least two motor terminals may be inserted into one of the at least two slots defined by the motor connection printed circuit board; and a portion of each of the at least two motor terminals may extend through the slot in which it has been inserted.

Abstract: A vehicular interior rearview mirror system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustably mounted at a mounting structure. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and an electro-optic variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A glare light sensor senses glare light emanating from headlights of another vehicle rearward of the equipped vehicle. An ambient light sensor senses ambient light at the vehicle. The ambient light sensor comprises part of a rain sensing device disposed at an in-cabin side of a windshield of the vehicle. Mirror control circuitry is operable to adjust dimming of the mirror reflective element responsive to an output from the glare light sensor and an output from the ambient light sensor. Responsive to the output from the glare light sensor and the output from the ambient light sensor, the mirror control circuitry controls dimming of the mirror reflective element.

Abstract: A MEMS scanner is disclosed. The MEMS scanner includes a mirror rotatable about at least one rotational axis, a gimbal disposed outside the mirror, a spring connected to the gimbal on the same line as the rotational axis of the mirror, a substrate spaced apart from an outer surface of the gimbal and connected to the gimbal via the spring, a coil disposed on the gimbal so as to adjust a rotational angle of the mirror by generating electromagnetic force by interaction with a magnetic field, which is first formed therearound, when current flows therethrough, and a plurality of combs formed between the substrate and at least one of the spring and the gimbal adjacent to the substrate so as to detect the rotational angle of the mirror.

Abstract: A mount base for a rearview mirror includes: a base body including a first material; and an insert embedded in the base body and including a second material. The base body has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the insert has a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface, the first material is softer than the second material, and the second material has higher stiffness than the first material.

Abstract: A wiper arrangement for a vehicle is configured for cleaning a sensor field of vision of a windshield and thereby has a wiping element and a carrier. The carrier can be fastened on the windshield. The wiping element is movably mounted on the carrier. The carrier, the wiping element and/or mounting elements acting between the carrier and the wiping element is/are configured so that the wiping element can assume at least one fixed holding position-relative to the carrier, and wherein the wiping element can be brought out of the fixed holding position at least by overcoming a defined holding force. Furthermore, the mounting of the wiping element on the carrier is selected such that the wiping element is always driven to assume at least one specific, preferably a first holding position or second specific holding position with respect to the carrier.

Abstract: An optical unit includes: a base which includes a main surface; a mirror device which includes a movable mirror portion and is disposed on the base; a frame member that is provided on the main surface so as to surround the mirror device; and a window member that is bonded to the frame member and has a flat plate shape. The frame member includes a first wall portion which is provided on the main surface and includes a first top surface on the side opposite to the main surface, a second wall portion which is provided on the main surface so as to face the first wall portion and includes a second top surface on the side opposite to the main surface.

Abstract: A single arm telescoping mirror apparatus comprising a mirror base and mirror head. In one embodiment, a mirror base having a wear plate secured to a single support arm which frictionally engages a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Furthermore, a mirror base having a roller assembly which frictionally engage the inner wall of a single telescoping tube of the mirror head. Frictional forces created minimize the telescopic or vibrational movement of the mirror head during use of a vehicle. In another aspect, a wear plate is secured to a single telescoping tube while, roller assemblies are attached to a support arm which frictionally engage ridges of the telescoping tube.

Abstract: A structure and method for mounting a flag-type side mirror securely fastens the flag-type side mirror on a door panel of a vehicle. The method includes: passing a wiring mounted to the flag-type side mirror through through-holes formed in an outer belt rail, a quadrant reinforce, and an inner panel of the door; placing the flag-type side mirror at a position to be installed; arranging a mirror neck of the flag-type side mirror to abut on the quadrant reinforce through an outer panel of the door; passing a fastening member through the outer belt rail and the quadrant reinforce; and fastening the fastening member to an end of the mirror neck by operating a tool in a direction from inside to outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: A support configured to be reversibly installed on an upper part of an uncovered backrest of a seat. The support includes a plate configured to bear, completely or partly, against a rear face of the backrest, three clamping mechanisms, a Li-Fi technology data communicator connected to the plate, and a connector. Each clamping mechanism includes a bearing member and a clamping screw that are configured to cooperate with the plate so as to clamp a structural frame of the backrest between the bearing member and the plate. The connector being connected to the data communicator by a cable and being connectable an electronic equipment item.

Abstract: An adjustment support assembly and a surveillance camera are provided. The adjustment support assembly includes a first shell, a second shell, a first ball head, a second ball head, and a ball head connecting rod. The first ball head and the second ball head are fixed at two ends of the ball head connecting rod, respectively. The first shell is provided therein with a first ball head fixing portion, and the first ball head is rotatably arranged in the first ball head fixing portion. The second shell is provided therein with a second ball head fixing portion, and the second ball head is rotatably arranged in the second ball head fixing portion.

Abstract: In at least one embodiment, an exterior rearview winglet assembly for a vehicle is provided. The assembly includes an exterior shell, a base bracket, a first housing, a finisher, and a first electrical device. The exterior shell includes a first side orientated toward a front of the vehicle and a second side orientated toward a rear of the vehicle. The base bracket is positioned in the exterior shell to couple the exterior shell to the vehicle. The first housing is positioned in the exterior shell. The finisher is being attached to the first housing and extending from at least a portion of the exterior shell at the second side of the exterior shell. The first electrical device is directly attached to the first housing and the first electrical device is independent of attachment to the finisher.

Abstract: Disclosed is an invention in the field of cosmetic mirrors. The present invention particularly relates to a portable makeup mirror device comprising a first mirror, a second mirror, and a third mirror, each of varying mirror magnification factors, being supported by a freestanding frame, said makeup mirror device having the first mirror and second mirror pivoting and upwardly removed from the mirror housing in opposite directions, and once fully deployed are located on opposing sides of the mirror housing central aperture showing a third mirror fixed within the mirror housing. The freestanding frame has a base and a support member having a plurality of pivots for adjusting the base and mirror assembly.

Abstract: Adjusting instrument for an exterior vision unit for a vehicle, comprising a base, a foot and a pivoting shaft extending therefrom along a longitudinal axis, and a housing surrounding the pivoting shaft and pivotable around the longitudinal axis in an adjustment range, between at least a park position and a work position. The base and the housing cooperate via cams which interlock in the work position so that the housing is in a stable axial ground position with respect to the foot. The cams, upon pivoting of the housing relative to the base, move apart from the work position along the longitudinal axis, and upon further pivoting are supported on each other, so that the housing is in an axially further removed position with respect to the foot. The adjusting instrument is provided with a detector configured to verify that the housing is in the stable axial ground position.

Abstract: In a door mirror device for a vehicle, when a driving body is moved rotationally towards an upper side, a gear plate is moved towards a lower side so that urging force applied from a coil spring to the driving body is decreased. In contrast, when the driving body is moved rotationally towards the lower side, the gear plate is moved towards the upper side so that the urging force applied from the coil spring to the driving body is increased. As a result, it is possible to reduce a difference between a load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the upper side and the load that is applied in order to move the driving body rotationally towards the lower side.

Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a retainer assembly adapted to be installed between a base assembly of an exterior rear view device and a vehicle to which the exterior rear view device is mounted, the retainer assembly, comprising a retainer means adapted to be mounted on one side to a door attachment portion of a base frame of the base assembly and on the opposite side to a door panel of the vehicle, wherein the retainer means is provided with at least one opening for allowing at least one datum structural element of the door attachment portion of the base frame to pass thereto, and at least one guiding projection and/or at least one guiding channel portion for providing at least part of a guiding channel for routing and/or guiding at least one harness from the vehicle to an electric component of the rear view device, and/or at least one sealing portion for covering at least a portion of the at least one harness.

Abstract: In a mirror unit, a first wall portion is higher than a second wall portion. A window member is disposed on a top surface of the first wall portion and a top surface of the second wall portion and is inclined with respect to a mirror surface. When any one of first to fourth wall portions is set as a first reference wall portion, in a cross-section perpendicular to the first reference wall portion, a first line passing through a first end at a side of the first reference wall portion in the mirror surface and a first corner portion formed at the side of the first reference wall portion by an outer surface and a first side surface in the window member intersects the first wall portion. A wiring portion includes a portion extending inside a base and leads outside a frame member.

Abstract: A housing for a rear view element of a rear view device for a vehicle includes a scalp portion including a first circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the scalp portion, a lower casing portion including a second circumferential edge being c-shaped extending at least partially around an opening of the lower casing portion, and a bezel including a third circumferential edge having a lip portion extending at least partially around the bezel section.

Abstract: An actuator for driving a reflector includes a movement frame, a first support frame, a first drive coil, a first rotation guide and a first ball. The movement frame includes a reflector configured to reflect or refract light to a lens and a first magnet. The first support frame is configured to provide a space of the movement frame to move. The first drive coil is configured to generate an electromagnetic force in the first magnet to rotationally move the movement frame in a first direction based on the first support frame. The first rotation guide is arranged between the movement frame and the first support frame and has an arc shape so that the movement frame rotates in the first direction. The first ball is arranged inside the first rotation guide, wherein a center of curvature of the first rotation guide corresponds to a center of rotation of the reflector.

Abstract: An automatic driving vehicle that is automatically movable, the automatic driving vehicle includes a LIDAR configured to acquire external world information on an automatic movement, and a bracket holding the LIDAR and fixed to the automatic driving vehicle. The bracket is fixed to a rearview mirror which is as another device different from the LIDAR.

Abstract: A vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head and a mounting base configured for attachment at a side of a vehicle. The mirror head includes a mirror casing and a reflective element. The vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly includes a turn signal indicator. The turn signal indicator, with the mounting base of the vehicular exterior rearview mirror assembly attached at the side of the vehicle, and responsive to actuation by a driver of the vehicle of a turn signal of the vehicle, projects a turn signal icon onto the ground proximate the side of the vehicle. The turn signal indicator may be disposed at a lower region of the mirror casing and may intermittently project a direction-indicating icon or shape onto the ground, with the direction-indicating shape indicating a direction away from the side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mirror unit includes an optical scanning device, a frame member, and a window member. The frame member includes first and second wall portions facing each other in an X-axis direction. The first wall portion is higher than the second wall portion. The window member is disposed on a top surface of the first wall portion and a top surface of the second wall portion and is inclined with respect to a mirror surface of the optical scanning device. In a cross-section parallel to the X-axis direction, the first wall portion is separated from a first line passing through a first end at a side of the first wall portion in the mirror surface and a first corner portion formed at the side of the first wall portion by an outer surface opposite to the frame member and a first side surface in the window member.

Abstract: A force measuring plate having a planar regular arrangement of force measuring cells. A force measuring cell is formed in a hole in the force measuring plate, in which hole precisely one planar element which is secured by springs in a self-supporting fashion is arranged and is oriented so as to run parallel to the force measuring plate. Each spring is connected in a materially joined fashion at a first end to the edge of a hole and at a second end to the edge of a planar element. The force measuring plate, the springs and the planar elements are formed from the same material. Each planar element can be elastically deflected in three spatial directions under the effect of a force. There is a linear relationship between the deflection and the force. In addition, the invention relates to a device for determining forces in the piconewton to nanonewton ranges.

Abstract: The disclosure refers to an internal rearview device (1) adapted for use with a motor vehicle, comprising: a rearview element comprising at least one of a reflective element (10) and a display element, with the rearview element having a normal state and at least one anti-glare state, in which a glare experienced by a driver of the vehicle as a result of light reflected at the rearview element is reduced; a bezel (32) surrounding the rearview element and being surrounded by a housing (60); control means comprising sensor means connected to at least one printed circuit board (40, 50), which is arranged between the housing (60) and the rearview element, for controlling at least the state of the rearview element; and a mount assembly (70) which is configured to attach the housing (60) to the vehicle; wherein the perimeter edge (31) of the bezel (32) is exposed to and is viewable by the driver of the vehicle when said device (1) is normally mounted in the vehicle; said perimeter edge (31) comprises a curved surfac

Abstract: A rearview device for a motor vehicle includes a moveable head assembly, an actuator assembly having a fixed part and a moveable part, the moveable part being attached to the head assembly, a motor cradle configured to attach the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly. A method of assembling a rearview device comprises providing the rearview device and attaching the actuator assembly to the moveable head assembly using the motor cradle.

Abstract: A facet mirror for an illumination optical unit of a projection exposure apparatus has a large number of displaceable individual facets with a facet main body and a reflection surface arranged on it. At least some of the individual facets have a displacement range such that they come into contact with a stop surface in one or more displacement positions.

Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustably attached at a mounting base configured to attach at an interior portion of a vehicle. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head so as to move in tandem with the mirror head when the mirror head is adjusted relative to the mounting base to adjust a driver's rearward view. At least one near infrared light emitter is accommodated by the mirror head and is operable to emit near infrared light toward a head region of the driver of the vehicle. Image data captured by the driver monitoring camera is processed to determine driver attentiveness and/or driver drowsiness. The vehicular driver monitoring system adjusts processing of the captured image data to accommodate adjustment of the mirror head when the driver adjusts the mirror head to adjust his or her rearward view.

Abstract: A rearview device for a vehicle (17) includes at least one sensor for detecting information of the environment of the vehicle, where the rearview device is attachable to the supporting structure of the vehicle by using at least one first fastening device, and the rearview device includes at least one arm which is rotatably mounted by the first fastening device about at least one first axis of rotation which has at least one vertical component about at least one first pivot point for a first rotation.

Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a driver monitoring camera and first and second near-infrared light emitting elements accommodated by a mirror head. The light emitting elements are oriented at the mirror head so that (i) a beam of light emitted by the first light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a left hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the LHD vehicle, and (ii) a beam of light emitted by the second light emitting element would be directed toward a driver's region of a right hand drive vehicle if the mirror assembly were installed in the RHD vehicle. The system enables and/or operates the first or second light emitting element for a driver monitoring function responsive to indication that the mirror assembly is installed or will be installed in a LHD vehicle or a RHD vehicle.

Abstract: A support for connecting a rear-view mirror to a vehicle, including on vehicles suitable for towing a trailer, includes a connecting device to the vehicle, a supporting device of the rear-view mirror, and a device to movably connect the supporting device to the vehicle, which connecting deice allows the supporting device to be moved to any position between a respective retracted position, with respect to the connection device, particularly in which the rear-view mirror is nearest to the vehicle, and a respective extended position, with respect to the same connecting device, particularly in which the same rear-view mirror is furthest from the same vehicle, wherein the connecting device has a plurality of pairs of surfaces for a slidable engagement to corresponding pairs of surfaces of the connecting device.